Now is the time to prepare your plants for their winter rest. For some plants, this includes pruning to promote health, shape them, and prevent unwanted pests and diseases from taking over during the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Boxwood Q • I wasn’t able to prune my boxwoods, yews and burning bushes this summer, and they’ve gotten too big. Is it too late ...

Some homeowners may be trimming shrubs this time of year – taming those wild growths back to a manageable and more aesthetically pleasing level. If you have yew shrubs around the home, take great care ...

Some homeowners may be trimming shrubs this time of year – taming those wild growths back to a manageable and more aesthetically pleasing level. If you have yew shrubs around the home, take great care ...

Trimming hedges keeps them healthy, bushy, and controlled. However, knowing when to prune hedges can be confusing as there are a lot of factors to consider. The different types and styles can mean ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...

Now that spring has fully sprung and we’ve had plenty of rain, it’s time to pull the plug — or do some serious trimming — on plants, shrubs and trees that either didn’t survive or took a serious ...

Sometimes a shrub needs a sharp edge. Horticulturists agree that for most shrubs, selective pruning that retains their natural form is healthier, more attractive and much easier on the gardener than ...

The Yew Maze at Hever Castle is 6,400 sq ft (595 sqm) with three-quarters of a mile of hedging Busy gardeners have finished the trimming a 6,400 sq ft (595 sq m) yew maze at Hever Castle in Kent. The ...

A brave gardener with a head for heights has started the mammoth task of using a cherry picker to trim a historic castle's famous 300-year-old hedges. Dan Bull will spend eight weeks pruning the ...